Casey Peterson, Director of Rural Outreach and Development The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council is pleased to announce Casey Peterson as the new Director of Rural Outreach and Development. Peterson is a graduate of Illinois State Unive ...
Coming in January, the Greater Peoria Essential Abilities and Knowledge (GPEAK) Program will be a free and open platform for students, professionals, and employers in the region to help equip individuals with the skills needed to be successful i ...
The Greater Peoria Manufacturing Network (GPMN) is excited to announce the addition of a brand new member: Pearl Technology. Pearl Technology is viewed as a leader in technology and IT services and helps expand and strengthen the Network's ever-grow ...
Peoria's Southside Farmers Market officially launched this past Saturday at the old Aldi location on Western. With socially-distanced vendors, mandatory masks, and a hand sanitizing station, the market had nearly 180 patrons come through to shop, le ...
Over the past five months of this public health crisis turned economic catastrophe, one of the central roles Greater Peoria EDC has played has been connecting businesses with resources. While businesses of all types and sizes have been impacted by C ...
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced in a press release yesterday that $46 million in small business grants have been released to 2,655 small businesses through the Business Interruption Grant (BIG) progr ...
Peoria's Southside Farmers Market kicks off on Saturday, August 22 and will run from 10AM - 2PM every Saturday through October 10. It will be located at the old Aldi building on Western Ave. The market will feature fresh, affordable, locally produce ...
Earlier this week the Small Business Administration (SBA) released data on utilization of the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This data was broken into two sets: Loans under $150,000 and loans over $150,000. For smaller loans, ...
Peoria, IL – Distillery Labs and the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council are pleased to announce that they have signed a partnership agreement for the two organizations. This represents the first such agreement for Distillery Labs and is des ...
University of Illinois at Chicago Voorhees Center (UIC-V), an EDA University Center, is applying for additional funding from the EDA under the CARES Act. Greater Peoria along with Quad Cities, Rockford and Chicago have partnered with UIC-V in the Il ...
